Folder list

The following six standard 'mailbox' folders are always present:

Incoming

This mailbox holds new messages addressed to you. Whenever
you download new mail, this is where the new messages will go
initially. You can, however, redistribute incoming messages
to other folders, as desired, using filters .

Outgoing

This mailbox holds the messages which you have written and which
you intend to transmit the next time you go online.

Sent

Here you can see the messages which you have already sent.
Messages are moved to this box (from 'Outgoing') when they are
actually transmitted. Again, you can use filters to transfer
sent messages to other folders.

Trash

This box contains messages marked for deletion. Normally messages
are not actually deleted from the hard disk until you quit YAM.
This allows you to recover messages deleted earlier in the session.

Drafts

Spam

Using the folder menu you can create more folders to hold messages
which you have received and/or sent, so you can arrange the mails in
whatever way you like, including arranging them in groups.

The folder list can have upto five columns: Name of the folder,
number of messages (in total, new or unread) as well as the size of
the folder. Which of these columns are actually shown depends on how
you set up lists in the configuration; you can also use the context
menu (click RMB on the column headings) to have some columns temporary
enabled or disabled. The column widths can be adjusted by using the
mouse to drag the thin lines separating the column headings in the
folder list itself. The order of the columns can be modified by
dragging the column headings sideways.

If the name of the folder is shown in white, this means that the box
contains new or unread mail. When the numerical indication is missing,
this shows that the folder has not been scanned, which saves storage
space.

The coloring of folder groups is special: they always appear in white,
as in "Personal". If a folder in a group contains new or unread mail,
the name of the group will show up as bold, as in "Personal".

If you "park" the mouse pointer over the list for some seconds, a
help bubble containing information about the current folder pops up.

To see the contents of any particular folder, click on that row in the
folder list. The message list appears at the right, maybe after a slight
pause.

You can also use the numeric keys 0..9 to change the current folder
to one of the first 10 folders in the list ('0' for the first folder,
'1' for the second, etc.). If the key you press applies to the current
folder, the message list will be refreshed instead.

Double-clicking an entry in the list opens the configuration window ?
where you can edit the properties of the selected folder or group.

Message list

The message list can have upto eight columns, the contents being
set in the lists configuration. You can also use the context menu
(click RMB on the column headings) to have some columns temporary enabled
or disabled.

E-mail address or, in this case, the name of the sender or
recipient of the message, depending on the type of mailbox. If
the message was sent to several people at the same time, a little
icon appears in front of the name, showing three tiny heads.

Subject

Subject of the message. When the messages are sorted according
to the subject, the prefixes Re: and AW: are ignored.

Date

The date the message was written, calculated according to the
local time (for you). For this to work, both you and the sender
must have set your correct timezone , and the system date and
time must be correct on both ends.

Filename

Name of the file containing the message.

Reply address

Contents of the "Reply-To:" header in the message. If this is
missing, then the sender's address is given (the "From:" header).

Size

Size of the message.

Date sent/received

The date the message was sent or received, depending on the type
of mailbox. Again, for this to work properly, both you and the
sender must have set your correct timezone , and the system
date and time must be correct on both ends.

The column widths can be adjusted by using the mouse to drag the
thin lines separating the column headings in the message list itself.
The order of the columns can be modified by dragging the column headings
sideways.

A little arrow in the one of the column headings shows how the
messages are sorted. One click on a column heading causes the messages
to be sorted according to this property. A second click on the same
heading reverses the order of sorting (Z->A instead of A->Z). To set
the second sort key, keep the Shift key pressed while clicking on the
column heading. These changes are only temporary; if you want to make
them permanent you must do this in the folder settings ? window.

If you "park" the mouse pointer over the list for some seconds, a
help bubble containing information about the current message pops up.

A double click on an entry in the list opens a Read window ? and
displays the corresponding message. You can use the mouse to move
messages to another folder. Click on an entry and drag down (holding
the left mouse button) to mark a block of messages. Then click and
drag the marked block to the left, into the folder list, and drop it
onto the chosen folder.

Toolbar

The toolbar gives you easy access the most frequently used functions.

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The table shows the equivalences between buttons (position and
label), keyboard shortcuts and menu commands. You can choose whether
to show icons, labels or both on the buttons: see Settings/MUI .